A season of paradox
Folks living within a vast swath of the eastern United States had their festive plans for caroling and last-minute holiday shopping disrupted over the weekend by the biggest snow storm in years. In many regions like the greater Washington D.C. area, the storm shattered old records for December snowfall … and winter hadn’t even officially […]
Getting serious about shale
Exxon Mobil this week announced plans to buy the independent gas producer XTO Energy for $41 billion – by far the largest deal for the company since the merger between Exxon and Mobil a decade ago. Clearly this purchase signals a deeper commitment to developing natural gas: XTO has about 14 trillion cubic feet of […]
CEA Praises Airlines Pact to Promote, Increase Use of Alternative Fuels
Consumer group calls the airline agreement “Groundbreaking” HOUSTON – December 16, 2009 Yesterday, the Air Transport Association of America, Inc. (ATA) – a key Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA) affiliate – announced a landmark industry agreement designed to promote and increase the use of alternative aviation fuel supplies. The memoranda of understanding (MOU), signed by 15 […]
What research says about Low Carbon Fuel standards (and low chocolate standards)
The Low Carbon Fuel Standard is making the rounds again in news reports about national and global energy policies. And why not? What’s not to like about low carbon fuels? With such an innocuous name, this looming legislation is bound to resurface every time people talk about policies for reducing emissions. But you know what […]
Alaska in balance
To fully appreciate the significance of the Interior Department’s long-awaited decision earlier this week to allow Shell Oil to drill three exploratory wells in the contested Chukchi Sea, you need to keep in mind the recent struggles and uncertainties that the oil industry in the state of Alaska has faced. Last month, ConocoPhillips announced that […]
Green energy jobs: Gone abroad with the wind
Oil isn’t the only domestic industry at risk of losing out to overseas competitors: It seems that a lot of federal government money allocated for renewable energy sources, like wind, has blown over to China, Spain and other foreign shores. Of course, wind cannot be imported and exported like oil. It just blows where it […]
CEA December 2009 Newsletter
CEA Newsletter Issue 33 Message from CEA President David Holt As 2009 draws to a close, Consumer Energy Alliance would like to thank all of our members and affiliate organizations for your support and tireless efforts in support of balanced energy policy. Now is also the time to look back at 2009 and evaluate our […]
Cow power
There’s something, well, powerful, about any creature that produces 120 pounds of waste every day. That’s the amount of manure that dairy farmers must clean up every day, from every single cow on the farm. That’s right: 120 pounds of manure. Every day. Every cow. It’s a lot of waste going to waste, so to […]